BBC1 - Harbour Lights > Reviews

Advantages: Give me a week and maybe I could think of one.
Disadvantages: Where to start?

This has got to be one the worst things I've ever had the misfortune to watch. I usually like Nick Berry and find him to be a good actor, however this is dire. I spent the whole episode wishing he would shave his beard off as it added 10 years to him, there was suppose to be sexual tension between the two main characters but I found the acting cardboard. The storylines were really unbelievable, I mean the likelihoods of any of this stuff happening ... Read review

Advantages: Avoids over-glamourising the British Seaside, good cast
Disadvantages: Fairly wooden

Harbour Lights is dire, and so formulaic it could be an ITV drama, but it does have a certain charm. If you like run-down British seaside resorts in winter, and a cast of slightly larger-than-life regulars (fat businessman, lovable rogue, vampish aunt of a certain age, etc, etc) then it's all here. Another redeeming factor is the quality of the cast. Nick Berry simply reprises his Heartbeat character (man of authority and few words), but watch ... Read review

Advantages: great to get you to sleep
Disadvantages: boring badly written and acted bit of trash

Poor old Nick Berry the bubble of sucess has finally burst! Nick Berry has done some reasonable acting jobs in the past eg Heart beat and Eastenders But this vechile for his talent has conked out on the starting line. It is dire! Nick what were you thinking about when you agreed to do not one but two series of this tergid rubbish? Basically this serial is set around a sea side harbour (ok so you had gathered that) with a motley group of others engaging ... Read review